Oasis reunion?

PrincessFiona said:

cafctom said:

Exiled_Addick said:

cafctom said:

Me and my mate both were successful and got 2x tickets for the first show in Cardiff and the last show in Dublin. Had to pay £440ish for each ticket.

I’m conscious a lot of people missed out so I don’t want to brag about it too much. That first show in Cardiff though…That crowd is going to go absolutely nuts the moment the brothers walk out on stage. I’ll probably be emotional myself. Finally got my favourite band back. 

Guess it’s a matter of opinion as to whether or not paying nearly a grand for a couple of gig tickets is a boast or not. 

Well that’s certainly not how it was intended. More a case of that’s what was available when it came down to it and I caved and paid it. I’ve got my opinions on the way Ticketmaster operate their business, the same way many people have. 

its not clear that it is Ticketmaster upping the prices

Maybe/maybe not, but they’re certainly specialists in making the experience stressful enough for people that they will feel the need to spend more than they intended to. The whole queuing system is designed to build enough anticipation / anxiety so that when the magic moment comes people will feel the need to just take what’s offered. 

The biggest positive of today was I was sitting at the game when the wife messaged that she’s got all 4 of us decent tickets for Edinburgh. We’re making a week of it as we love Edinburgh. 

Probably not relevant to this thread but i was lucky enough to see Oasis with Bluetones and Shed Seven for a fiver at the Venue @ New Cross in 1994. Also saw Simple Minds and The Monochrome Set there as well as Half Man Half Biscuit, Theatre of Hate and Helmet and many others at the same Venue, any one who is lucky enough to get at ticket for the up coming Oasis shows is in for a treat, will be a gig to remember. 

Exiled_Addick said:

cafctom said:

Exiled_Addick said:

cafctom said:

Me and my mate both were successful and got 2x tickets for the first show in Cardiff and the last show in Dublin. Had to pay £440ish for each ticket.

I’m conscious a lot of people missed out so I don’t want to brag about it too much. That first show in Cardiff though…That crowd is going to go absolutely nuts the moment the brothers walk out on stage. I’ll probably be emotional myself. Finally got my favourite band back. 

Guess it’s a matter of opinion as to whether or not paying nearly a grand for a couple of gig tickets is a boast or not. 

Well that’s certainly not how it was intended. More a case of that’s what was available when it came down to it and I caved and paid it. I’ve got my opinions on the way Ticketmaster operate their business, the same way many people have. 

Yeah fair enough. Personally I find the tickets to be extortionate and the surge pricing that Ticketmaster if now instigating to be frankly immoral and I wish people would just say no and not buy them because that’s the only way we as consumers can seize back control of the market. But I also understand life is about experiences and to some people it’s worth it at any price. Not for me though. 

Although my wife is out tonight with our daughter having paid ~350 quid to see Pink and flew home from Canada for a weekend just to see the 2019 play off final so I’ve been known to blow a lot of dosh on something irrational. I did only pay the normal price for the play off tickets and my flight home though, not some sliding scale based on how many other people wanted to go to Wembley as well. 

The problem is, and its a toothpaste out of the tube now, type of problem is the social media frenzy that drives people to pay 3 times the price for standing tickets to an Oasis show. The dopamine rush that you have gotten something that a lot of others are desiring is huge but then drops off and the post high drowsiness sets in, you look at hotels to avoid the awful experience at the Wembley stations post event, they are all 4 figures now, the idea of getting back and having to sprint for the last train, on a Wednesday night to get home isn't as fun as getting to the front of a virtual queue and buying 4 x upper, upper tier tickets was. 

These tickets will be on twickets fairly soon, I could have got ACDC and Springsteen tickets at face value (Springsteen already was to be fair) and ACDC if I'd had gone to the stadium ticketless and bough them outside. There will be groups where 1 person hasn't showed or a couple haven't and you will be able to hardball them and go in at the same time as that group. Touts are one thing and there was a kind of honesty to them as you knew you could stand on the opposite pavement watching the clock and pay next to bugger all for them as the show was about to start or play the game they want you to play which is pay twice the door price and get in to see some shit support act warm up for the warm up act. 

Dynamic/surge/demand pricing is just profiteering no two ways about that. 

I've seen them loads of times and spoke previously about how aggro the crowd was thenlast few times I saw them and them breaking up when they did was a blessing. No more airborne piss at gigs. My wife has never seen them live and id like her to experience them live. Anyone who was young in the 90s knows them and to varying degrees are fans even those who claim to much prefer Shed Seven, Deftones, Pearl Jam or Faith No More. So this was always not just going to be a nostalgia trip to beat all nostalgia trips but the 2 generations of people who adore their music and the overall chorus writing ability of Noel Gallagher but have only seen his high flying birds (and I can promise those shows whilst awesome are a galaxy away from a full dat Oasis gig) will be dying to see them live and taste a sample of what the mid to late nineties felt like 

My daughter got through after a long queue and the only tickets available for London were 3 for £977. Needless to say I said I’m not paying that!!!

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

The dynamic pricing is disgusting - was this made clear to everyone buying tickets?

Not at all, certainly wouldn't have queued for 6 hours of it was advertised. 

Wife's just got a couple of tickets to see oh-aces next April at The White Rock theatre Hastings along with the Absolute Stone Roses and The Joneses (Smiths tribute) just £17.80 a ticket....obviously not the same as seeing the real thing but a lot cheaper and a lot less hassle (35 min walk to get there).

cafctom said:

Me and my mate both were successful and got 2x tickets for the first show in Cardiff and the last show in Dublin. Had to pay £440ish for each ticket.

I’m conscious a lot of people missed out so I don’t want to brag about it too much. That first show in Cardiff though…That crowd is going to go absolutely nuts the moment the brothers walk out on stage. I’ll probably be emotional myself. Finally got my favourite band back. 

I'd be suprised if they don't play at least one warm up gig.

northstandsteve said:

Got home from work deflated then got a video call from my daughter who is travelling in Vietnam, to say she got 4 standing tickets for Cardiff and to pay the £357 surge price though, although more than I wanted pay, so happy I am seeing them

£357 each?

Are these £300 to £400 'standing tickets', face value from official sources?

The Mirror is reporting no more Uk or Ireland dates to be added.